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Alan: should i get flash point?
Ian: You should set real fires.
Alan: hmm
Ian: You should set your hair on fire. And people can fund it online.
Ian: Your hair is on fire: the board game. It comes with a board and pieces. They don’t do anything but you won’t notice that because your hair is on fire.
Ian: It will have a snappy tagline. The tagline is “OH NO MY HAIR”.
Ian: I wrote a detailed backstory for the boardgame. The game takes place in a magical fantasy kingdom. Everyone in the kingdom was happy until one day there was a witch. The witch said “Now Alan’s hair is on fire.”. The king said “Who’s Alan?”. The end.

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(Playing Power Grid; the resource track is extremely depleted and coal is extremely expensive.)
Keith: I sense that Keithco is going to run into some supply chain trouble.
(The 35 electro power plant [1 oil -> 5 cities] then sells for 90 electro.)

(Later…)
Dan: There is a high level cabinet meeting occurring right now where Angela Merkel is pleading, begging for anything they can get.
Keith: Please, please give us your trash.
Dan: Greece, we will give you euros for your trash.

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(Playing Power Grid; Keith buys out all of the coal, there is no garbage left, and nukes are 12 each.)
Alan: Sad resource market is sad.
Keith: It’s because we’ve had crappy plants for so long we’ve completely destroyed the earth.